title: Indirect immunofluorescence as a diagnostic tool in a prosthetic heart valve endocarditis due to actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Staphylococcus epidermidis.
abstract: A late prosthetic valve endocarditis due to Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Staphylococcus epidermidis in a 72-year-old man is reported. A simple indirect immunofluorescence technique was used to confirm the etiological diagnosis. This test may be useful when diagnostic problems occur in infections with microorganisms of uncertain pathogenic importance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Braconier
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Söderström
mesh_terms: D000189:Actinobacillus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D000368:Aged; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D001021:Aortic Valve; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M